German Media Report: Moscow's Demands on Moldova and NATO

German media report that Moscow's unofficial peace proposals include demands for NATO to withdraw from Baltic states, Finland to leave the alliance, and Moldova to become a federation, as part of a broader "new European security order." The proposals were reportedly presented to European representatives during talks in Abu Dhabi. The plan also includes Russia keeping all occupied Ukrainian territory, demilitarizing Black Sea ports Odesa and Mykolaiv, and allowing referendums on independence for Transnistria and Gagauzia if Moldova joins the EU. In exchange, Russia offers to withdraw nuclear weapons from Belarus and troops from Transnistria. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov denied demanding Finland's NATO exit, while Chisinau dismissed the Moldova proposals as "scarecrows and provocations." Putin reportedly rejected foreign troops in Ukraine post-war and any territorial swaps, insisting state borders be the only demarcation line.